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Was Apple CEO Tim Cook shot multiple times by police during a press event for the upcoming iPhone 11 because they mistook the phone for a gun? Nope, that was just a piece of satire and social commentary from a satire website accompanied by a digitally altered photo. The "news" appeared in an article published on March 29, 2018 by…

Has Banksy's identity been revealed as Rose Biggin, 89 years old, of Camden Town in London? Nope, that's not true, it is just the latest in a string of fake Banksy identity revelation stories. The identity of the famous street artist remains as it should be, shrouded in mystery. This particular version was published on March 28, 2018 by satirical…

Was 47-year old priest Jefferson Alvin from Belmont, California arrested with 10kg of cocaine and did he think it was just flour for hosts? If you thought that was true: think again. The story is completely fake and was made up by a satire website. It originated from an article published on March 27, 2018 on 8shit.net titled "Priest Arrested…

Did the police in Detroit, Michigan beat up 17-year-old Jamal Freeman after also shooting at him twelve times because a bank teller at the Detroit Liberty Bank mistook his erection for a gun? Nope, that's an old satirical story which recently went viral again, it is not true. The latest example of the story was published on March 25, 2018…

Did a 36-year-old robber in France by the name of "Louis Paul" rob a woman named "Ally Louia" of €570 (about $705) armed only with a piece of bread? Nope, that story was made up by a satirical website and was not true. The story originated in an article published on March 25, 2018 by the website 8shit.net titled "French…

Did Brian Johnson, a 16-year-teenager, accidentally remove his junk when trying to have sexual intercourse with a blender? Of course not, the cringeworthy story was entirely made up and it is not true. The story recently went viral again via an article published by 8shit.net on March 24, 2018 titled "Teenager Accidentally Chops Off His Genitals During Sex With A…

What is it with old hoaxes going viral again the past few days? Now an article that's been online since at least February 2017 and probably even October 2016 titled "Colorado McDonald's Offers First Marijuana Friendly Smoking Section" (archived here) went viral again a few days ago. It opened: Colorado continues to blaze major trails when it comes to marijuana.The…

Was another McDonalds employee fired for putting mixtapes of his rap project "Tales Of A Real N*gga" in children's Happy Meals instead of a toy? And was this employee named "Tyshaer" this time? Of course not, it is just a slightly altered version of a 2015 hoax that featured a "Tyshaun Granger" as the culprit. The "new" story appeared in…

Did McDonald's announce a new spearmint flavored after-dinner Big Mac hamburger? And did it have a disgusting greenish tint? Fast-food lovers can rest easy: the entire story was a hoax published by a satirical website, it is not true. There are no green Big Macs, that's fake news. The rumor about the new burger originated from an article published by…

No, there was no man in Spain who put his male appendage in a hamburger to protest the lack of "real meat". He was not kicked out of the McDonalds at a Spanish mall either and no police got involved. The reporter who brought you the story, a "Gary Cockburn", is not real either. The story appeared in English on…